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Tim Leunig

Tim Leunig writes… Housing priority Number 1: reversing the rise in the age of first-time buyers

By Tim Leunig | Sun 26th August 2012 - 2:15 pm

Sir Adrian Montague’s report on housing, published earlier this week, calls for a larger private rented sector. This is a very bad idea because being a private renter is the least popular tenure choice in Britain. Only 2% of people wish to be private renters, compared with 82% who want to own, 14% who want to live in social housing, and 5% in other tenures (see here for details). I bet that Sir Adrian is not a private renter.

The private rented sector has its place, most notably for young people who have yet to settle down. But thanks …

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